Ligurian Republic

The Ligurian Republic was a client state of the French First Republic that existed from 1797 to 1805, with Genoa serving as its capital. In May 1797, conflict broke out between the wealthy Genoese merchants and their subjects, leading to Napoleon Bonaparte's French troops engaging in a mass robbery of the city, restoring order, and establishing the new "Ligurian Republic" on 6 June 1797. On 22 December 1797, the republic's constitution established a directorial republic, and it was briefly occupied by Austrian forces in 1800 during the War of the Second Coalition. Napoleon soon returned with his army, and a new constitution was published in 1801, restoring the office of Doge. In June 1805, Genoa was annexed by the French Empire.